Fleary, Sasha A.; Nigg, Claudio R.; Freund, Karen M. (2018). An Examination of Changes in Social Disparities in Health Behaviors in the US, 2003-2015. American journal of health behavior, 42(1), pp. 119-134. PNG Publications and Scientific Research 10.5993/AJHB.42.1.12
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)Objectives: Due to growing health disparities, federal and philanthropic agencies have empha-sized reducing health disparities in their preventive health efforts. This study determined the status of disparities in health behaviors in the last 13 years in the United States.
Methods: Data were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Systems in odd years (2003-2015). Health behaviors were dichotomized to reflect met fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption and physical activity (PA) recommendations, non-cigarette smoking, non-heavy drinking, and non-binge drinking. Overall and sociodemographic characteristic-specific disparities ratios for each behavior were calculated. Linear trend analyses were calculated to determine disparities change across the years.
Results: Overall disparities fluctuated across the years. Linear trend analyses confirmed that education-specific and income-specific disparities' contribution to overall disparities increased for all behaviors. Sex-specific disparities' contribution decreased for all behaviors except non-cigarette smoking. Age-specific disparities' contribution decreased for all behaviors except non-binge drinking. Race/ethnicity-specific disparities' contribution to overall disparities increased for FV and non-cigarette smoking, but decreased for the other behaviors.
Conclusions: The results suggest health disparities in preventive health behaviors in the last 13 years have not improved. Tailored interventions, systemic and policy changes, and/or inclusive population efforts should be initiated to reduce disparities in preventive health for the most- divergent groups identified in the results.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Nigg, Claudio Renato |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment |
ISSN: |
1087-3244 |
Publisher: |
PNG Publications and Scientific Research |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Marceline Brodmann |
Date Deposited: |
06 Mar 2024 12:13 |
Last Modified: |
06 Mar 2024 12:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.5993/AJHB.42.1.12 |
PubMed ID: |
29320345 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193286 |
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